Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. With certain exceptions, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note:  Any question received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. (I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. 

The picture?  I'm working my way through photos of my lineage, focusing on the teachers whose work has influenced me. Last week's honoree was Israel Regardie, the man who kept the Golden Dawn tradition from ending up in a dumpster like so many other occult traditions in the bleak middle years of the twentieth century.  Regardie's first teacher was George Winslow Plummer, founder and longtime head of the Societas Rosicruciana in America (SRIA), who's already been introduced here. His second, much more famous teacher, however, was Edward Alexander "Aleister" Crowley, self-proclaimed messiah of the New Aeon, mass media-anointed Wickedest Man in the World, and problem child of the early twentieth century British occult scene. Regular readers will know that I'm not a fan, but Crowley had a substantial influence on Regardie and also on a wide range of other occult teachers and their scenes.  Now that all his writings are out of copyright and becoming available for free download on various sites, it'll be interesting to see what happens to his legacy.

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With that said, have at it!

***This Magic Monday is now closed. See you next week!***

Comments

Difficulty With Demons?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG,

I'm writing to you in the middle of a distressing situation. For the past several days I've been having intrusive thoughts of demons. More precisely, the demons appear in my imagination and dump nasty thoughts into my head (insulting me, triggering "evil" thoughts, et cetera.) Does this qualify as "demonic obsession?" (That's a term I've seen here in passing before but I don't know what it means.) I've been praying to a few deities I have a relationship with and drawing strength and consolation from that, but the thoughts of demons are still persistent. I'm already seeing a psychiatrist, by the way. What would you recommend I do? Also, any prayers you or the community could offer on my behalf would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all you do,
David Klein

Re: Difficulty With Demons?

[ecosophia]

I recommend the hoodoo bath practice given in the Magic Monday FAQ, linked in the post. You might also consider taking up a daily banishing ritual of some kind.

Re: Difficulty With Demons?

[tunesmyth]

David, I'm not sure if you will see this (or if JMG will even put my comment through, as it's now well after the deadline), but I just wanted to let you know that, per your request, I am adding you to the Ecosophia Prayer List.